A review of mites of the subfamily Speleognathinae (Acariformes: Ereynetidae) parasitizing respiratory tracts of birds in the Afrotropical region Author Skoracki, Maciej Author Schmidt, Karl-Heinz Author Marciniak, Natalia Author Marciniak, Martyna text Zootaxa 2018 2018-04-05 4403 3 401 440 journal article 30335 10.11646/zootaxa.4403.3.1 88bca5aa-d612-4ca7-9c2b-a6eb82b280e6 1175-5326 1212849 EBC0B6E0-7308-47F4-A10F-1AF8D012AD11 Pterniboydaia pternistis (Fain, 1955) ( Fig. 11 ) Boydaia pternistis Fain, 1955a : 145 , figs. 1–2, 1955b: 694, 1956a: 41, 1956b: 646, 1956c: 31, 32, 1962: 266. Holotype in RMCA, examined. Neoboydaia (Aureliania) pternistis , Fain 1962c : 266 , 1963c: 61 . Neoboydaia pternistis , Kaneko et al . 1977: 163 , figs. 2, 3. Pterniboydaia pternistis , Fain 1985: 146 . Type host: Pternistis afer (Statius Müller) ( Galliformes : Phasianidae ) from Rwanda. Diagnosis. Palp tarsus with 4 setae (2 ventral setae Na-type, 2 dorso-apical setae Fa- or Fb-type) and solenidion. Hypostomal setae Ea or Eb-type setae. All idiosomal setae (including coxal setae) Ea- or Ec-type, except sensillae si SC-type. Hosts and distribution. Galliformes (Phasianidae) : Perdix perdix (Linnaeus) from Rwanda (introduced) [ Southern Prov., Butare] ( Fain 1956a ), Pternistis afer (St. Mueller) from Rwanda [ Southern Prov., Butare] ( Fain 1955a ), P. swainsOnii (Smith) from Zambia ( Fain 1963d ). Non-African hosts and distribution. Phasianidae : BambusicOla thOracicus (Temminck) from Japan (Kaneko et al . 1977), Perdix perdix perdix (Linnaues) from Belgium ( Fain 1962d ).